Staff Reporter
Amid the vociferous protest from the opposition, Lok Sabha today expelled Trinamul Congress MP Mahua Moitra holding her guilty of sharing her credentials with others and accepting gifts from a businessman to extend favours.
After a heated debate during which Moitra was not allowed to speak, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a motion to expel the Trinamool member for “unethical conduct”, which was adopted by a voice vote.
Opposition members walked out of the House as the Lok Sabha speaker started the voting process on the motion moved by Joshi.
The Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha had recommended Moitra’s expulsion from the House over the “cash-for-query” allegations.
Reacting to her expulsion, Mitra told journalists outside Parliament that the Ethics Committee broke every rule.
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TMC MP Mahua Moitra arrived at the new Parliament building on Friday morning but just before entering said, “They have started the vastra haran (attempted disrobing of Draupadi). Now you will witness the Mahabharat war.”
The report of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee in the “cash-for-query” case against her is set to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday along with a resolution recommending her expulsion, sources have said.
Dressed in a red-bordered off-white saree, a smiling Moitra asked reporters, “What do you think about how I am today?” “Maa Durga has arrived. We will see what happens now,” she said.